Too Big To Fail With a giant cast of easily recognizable faces – including William Hurt, Paul Giamatti, Billy Crudup, Ed Asner, Topher Grace, Matthew Modine, Bill Pullman, James Woods, Cynthia Nixon, Michael O’Keefe, Tony Shalhoub, Kathy Baker, Evan Handler, John Heard, Dan Hedaya and Victor Slezak (“Treme’s” psycho chef Enrico Brulard) – this adaptation of Andrew Ross Sorkin’s book of the same title revisits the financial crash of 2008. Bookmark the show’s web pages at HBO.com to keep ‘em all straight. “You get to see really what we were up against and how this was perhaps the most catastrophic thing that had happened in our economy since the Great Depression, and that we were really on the edge,” Sorkin said during the Winter TV Tour in Hollywood. “People don’t really appreciate how close to the edge we really were. I think that this project puts that into perspective.” 8 p.m. HBO.

Tuesday

Dancing With the Stars The season finale. 7 p.m. WGNO

Craft in America New Orleans jewelry artist and sculptor Thomas Mann is among the subjects visited in this episode of PBS’s cross-country exploration of artists who use their work to express personal or political expression. 7 p.m. WYES

Glee Nationals! 8 p.m. WVUE

Wednesday

Oprah The last one. 4 p.m. WWL

American Idol The season-10 finale. 7 p.m. WVUE

Thursday

So You Think You Can Dance Mary Murphy returns to judge a new season. 7 p.m. WGNO

How to Die in Oregon A Sundance-honored documentary about legal physician-assisted suicide. 7 p.m. HBO

Below, an old guy who needs a shave and maybe a drink reminds you of what you've just read up above here. Me, I wouldn't ask this guy for directions to the Dairy Queen, no less TV-viewing tips, but there's a cool clip from an HBO movie, so maybe it's worth a click.

Dave Walker can be reached at dwalker@timespicayune.com or 504.826.3429. Read more TV coverage at NOLAa.com/tv. Follow him at twitter.com/davewalkertp.